Releases

12/08/2009 12:32 PM - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League on Tuesday re-signed left wing Mike Walsh to a professional tryout and announced that defenseman Sebastien Piche has been reassigned by the Detroit Red Wings to the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.

Walsh, 26, has spent parts of the last four seasons with the Griffins since graduating from Notre Dame in 2006. He has appeared in seven contests for Grand Rapids this season, netting his lone goal on Oct. 17 at San Antonio.

Piche, 21, makes his second trip to Toledo, where he earned two assists in two games with the Walleye from Nov. 20-22. The La Sarre, Quebec, native is scoreless with four penalty minutes in nine games with the Griffins this season.